Elisabeth Girl
How popular is Elisabeth?
#925 girl name in 2025
282 baby girls were named Elisabeth in the US in 2025, making it the 925th most popular girl name.
Elisabeth popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #925 for girls (▼ 17 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 282 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #708 in 2015, #976 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (1,093 girls) |
| Highest rank | #286 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elisabeth counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elizabeth family of names ranked #25 for girls in 2025, with 7,050 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | 6,760 | 96% |
| Elisabeth | 282 | 4% |
| Elyzabeth | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elisabeth is most popular
Babies named Elisabeth per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.3 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (48 girls)
Elisabeth by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 322 | #317 |
| 1890s | 479 | #358 |
| 1900s | 710 | #357 |
| 1910s | 2,161 | #344 |
| 1920s | 1,967 | #413 |
| 1930s | 1,284 | #527 |
| 1940s | 1,555 | #592 |
| 1950s | 2,564 | #525 |
| 1960s | 4,272 | #434 |
| 1970s | 4,713 | #359 |
| 1980s | 7,511 | #302 |
| 1990s | 7,513 | #328 |
| 2000s | 7,127 | #286 |
| 2010s | 4,221 | #588 |
| 2020s | 1,619 | #908 |
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Questions
- Is Elisabeth a boy or girl name?
- Elisabeth is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elisabeth were girls.
- How popular is the name Elisabeth?
- 282 baby girls were named Elisabeth in the US in 2025, making it the 925th most popular girl name.
- When was Elisabeth most popular?
- Elisabeth peaked in 2001, when 1,093 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #286 in 2001.
- How many people are named Elisabeth?
- 48,045 babies have been named Elisabeth in the US since 1880. We estimate about 39,392 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Elisabeth most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elisabeth was most common in Alabama, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.